Matthew 15:20-23 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

20. These are the things that make a person unclean. But to eat without washing your hands as they say you should — this doesn't make a person unclean.”

21. Jesus left that place and went off to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon.

22. A Canaanite woman who lived in that region came to him. “Son of David!” she cried out. “Have mercy on me, sir! My daughter has a demon and is in a terrible condition.”

23. But Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples came to him and begged him, “Send her away! She is following us and making all this noise!”

Matthew 15